Beyond the extremes: Rocks as ultimate refuge for fungi in drylands

Melanin

(2020) Radames J.B. Cordero et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Peculiar genomic traits in the stress-adapted cryptoendolithic Antarctic fungus Friedmanniomyces endolithicus

(2020) Claudia Coleine et al.   Fungal Biology

Multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus

(2020) Claudia Pacelli et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Specific adaptations are selected in opposite sun exposed Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities as revealed by untargeted metabolomics

(2020) Claudia Coleine et al.   PLoS One

Sampling strategies to assess microbial diversity of Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities

(2020) Claudia Coleine et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Darkening of the Greenland Ice Sheet: Fungal Abundance and Diversity Are Associated With Algal Bloom

(2019) Laura Perini et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The diversity, distribution, and pathogenic potential of cultivable fungi present in rocks from the South Shetlands archipelago, Maritime Antarctica

(2019) Isabel M. S. Alves et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Characterization of Viability of the Lichen Buellia frigida After 1.5 Years in Space on the International Space Station

(2019) Theresa Backhaus et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Fungal evolution: major ecological adaptations and evolutionary transitions

(2019) Miguel A. Naranjo‐Ortiz et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide

(2019) Eleonora Egidi et al.   Nature Communications

Altitude and fungal diversity influence the structure of Antarctic cryptoendolithic Bacteria communities

(2019) Claudia Coleine et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Diversity and ecology of cultivable fungi isolated from the thermal soil gradients in Deception Island, Antarctica

(2019) Hebert M. Figueredo et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Metagenomics of Atacama Lithobiontic Extremophile Life Unveils Highlights on Fungal Communities, Biogeochemical Cycles and Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes

(2019) Benito Gómez-Silva et al.   Microorganisms

Lithobiontic life: “Atacama rocks are well and alive”

(2018) Benito Gómez-Silva   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Genomic evidence for intraspecific hybridization in a clonal and extremely halotolerant yeast

(2018) Cene Gostinčar et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Fundamental drivers for endolithic microbial community assemblies in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

(2018) Victoria Meslier et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Resistance of an Antarctic cryptoendolithic black fungus to radiation gives new insights of astrobiological relevance

(2018) Laura Selbmann et al.   Fungal Biology

Black yeasts in the omics era: Achievements and challenges

(2018) Leandro Ferreira Moreno et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Extremophilic yeasts: the toughest yeasts around?

(2018) Pietro Buzzini et al.   YEAST

Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Fungal Communities Are Highly Adapted and Dominated by Lecanoromycetes and Dothideomycetes

(2018) Claudia Coleine et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Alteration of rocks by endolithic organisms is one of the pathways for the beginning of soils on Earth

(2018) Nikita Mergelov et al.   Scientific Reports

Survival, DNA, and Ultrastructural Integrity of a Cryptoendolithic Antarctic Fungus in Mars and Lunar Rock Analogues Exposed Outside the International Space Station

(2018) Silvano Onofri et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Survival and redox activity of Friedmanniomyces endolithicus, an Antarctic endemic black meristematic fungus, after gamma rays exposure

(2018) Claudia Pacelli et al.   Fungal Biology

Antarctic rocks from continental Antarctica as source of potential human opportunistic fungi

(2017) Vívian N. Gonçalves et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Effect of environmental parameters on biodiversity of the fungal component in lithic Antarctic communities

(2017) Laura Selbmann et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Bioprospection of cold-adapted yeasts with biotechnological potential from Antarctica

(2017) María Martha Martorell et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

Raman microspectrometric study of pigments in melanized fungi from the hyperarid Atacama desert gypsum crust

(2017) Adam Culka et al.   JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Climate change drives expansion of Antarctic ice-free habitat

(2017) Jasmine R. Lee et al.   NATURE

Exploring the genomic diversity of black yeasts and relatives ( Chaetothyriales , Ascomycota )

(2017) M.M. Teixeira et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

A standardized approach for co-culturing dothidealean rock-inhabiting fungi and lichen photobionts in vitro

(2017) Claudio G. Ametrano et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Insight into the Recent Genome Duplication of the Halophilic Yeast Hortaea werneckii : Combining an Improved Genome with Gene Expression and Chromatin Structure

(2017) Sunita Sinha et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Microbial melanins for radioprotection and bioremediation

(2017) Radames J. B. Cordero et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Raman imaging in geomicrobiology: endolithic phototrophic microorganisms in gypsum from the extreme sun irradiation area in the Atacama Desert

(2016) Petr Vítek et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

AstRoMap European Astrobiology Roadmap

(2016) Gerda Horneck et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Habitability: A Review

(2016) C.S. Cockell et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Functional interactions of archaea, bacteria and viruses in a hypersaline endolithic community

(2016) Alexander Crits-Christoph et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative activity and functional ecology of permafrost soils and lithic niches in a hyper-arid polar desert

(2016) Jacqueline Goordial et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

BIOMEX Experiment: Ultrastructural Alterations, Molecular Damage and Survival of the Fungus Cryomyces antarcticus after the Experiment Verification Tests

(2016) Claudia Pacelli et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Endolithic microbial diversity in sandstone and granite from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

(2016) Stephen D. J. Archer et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Characterization of Endolithic Culturable Microbial Communities in Carbonate Rocks from a Typical Karst Canyon in Guizhou (China)

(2016) Yuan Tang et al.   Polish Journal of Microbiology

Survival of Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Fungi in Simulated Martian Conditions On Board the International Space Station

(2015) Silvano Onofri et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Resistance of the Lichen Buellia frigida to Simulated Space Conditions during the Preflight Tests for BIOMEX—Viability Assay and Morphological Stability

(2015) J. Meeßen et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Fungi associated with rocks of the Atacama Desert: taxonomy, distribution, diversity, ecology and bioprospection for bioactive compounds

(2015) Vívian N. Gonçalves et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity and bioprospection of fungal community present in oligotrophic soil of continental Antarctica

(2015) Valéria M. Godinho et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Disentangling the complex of Lichenothelia species from rock communities in the desert

(2015) L. Muggia et al.   MYCOLOGIA

In situ metabolism in halite endolithic microbial communities of the hyperarid Atacama Desert

(2015) Alfonso F. Davila et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The lithic microbial ecosystems of Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys

(2014) Asunción De Los Ríos et al.   ANTARCTIC SCIENCE

Rock black fungi: excellence in the extremes, from the Antarctic to space

(2014) Laura Selbmann et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Description of Taphrina antarctica f.a. sp. nov., a new anamorphic ascomycetous yeast species associated with Antarctic endolithic microbial communities and transfer of four Lalaria species in the genus Taphrina

(2014) Laura Selbmann et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Phylogeny and taxonomy of meristematic rock-inhabiting black fungi in the Dothideomycetes based on multi-locus phylogenies

(2014) E. Egidi et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Viability of the lichen Xanthoria elegans and its symbionts after 18 months of space exposure and simulated Mars conditions on the ISS

(2014) Annette Brandt et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Nothing Special in the Specialist? Draft Genome Sequence of Cryomyces antarcticus, the Most Extremophilic Fungus from Antarctica

(2014) Katja Sterflinger et al.   PLoS One

Mapping the lithic colonization at the boundaries of life in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

(2014) Laura Zucconi et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Protein patterns of black fungi under simulated Mars-like conditions

(2014) Kristina Zakharova et al.   Scientific Reports

Influence of abiotic variables on culturable yeast diversity in two distinct Alpine glaciers

(2013) Benedetta Turchetti et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Taxonomic and phenotypic characterization of yeasts isolated from worldwide cold rock-associated habitats

(2013) Laura Selbmann et al.   Fungal Biology

Mountain tips as reservoirs for new rock-fungal entities: Saxomyces gen. nov. and four new species from the Alps

(2013) L. Selbmann et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Phototrophic Community in Gypsum Crust from the Atacama Desert Studied by Raman Spectroscopy and Microscopic Imaging

(2013) Petr Vítek et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

Adaptation of an Antarctic lichen to Martian niche conditions can occur within 34 days

(2013) Jean-Pierre de Vera et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Whole Genome Duplication and Enrichment of Metal Cation Transporters Revealed by De Novo Genome Sequencing of Extremely Halotolerant Black Yeast Hortaea werneckii

(2013) Metka Lenassi et al.   PLoS One

Survival of Rock-Colonizing Organisms After 1.5 Years in Outer Space

(2012) Silvano Onofri et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Diversity of endolithic fungal communities in dolomite and limestone rocks from Nanjiang Canyon in Guizhou karst area, China

(2012) Yuan Tang et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Lichen myco- and photobiont diversity and their relationships at the edge of life (McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica)

(2012) Sergio Pérez-Ortega et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Psychrophilic yeasts from worldwide glacial habitats: diversity, adaptation strategies and biotechnological potential

(2012) Pietro Buzzini et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Fungi in hot and cold deserts with particular reference to microcolonial fungi

(2012) Katja Sterflinger et al.   Fungal Ecology

The Lichen Connections of Black Fungi

(2012) Lucia Muggia et al.   MYCOPATHOLOGIA

Microbial colonization and controls in dryland systems

(2012) Stephen B. Pointing et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

LIFE Experiment: Isolation of Cryptoendolithic Organisms from Antarctic Colonized Sandstone Exposed to Space and Simulated Mars Conditions on the International Space Station

(2012) Giuliano Scalzi et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Microbial Colonization of the Salt Deposits in the Driest Place of the Atacama Desert (Chile)

(2012) Nunzia Stivaletta et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Biodiversity, evolution and adaptation of fungi in extreme environments

(2012) Laura Selbmann et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Potential extinction of Antarctic endemic fungal species as a consequence of global warming

(2012) Laura Selbmann et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Whole Lichen Thalli Survive Exposure to Space Conditions: Results of Lithopanspermia Experiment with Aspicilia fruticulosa

(2011) J. Raggio et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Rock-inhabiting fungi originated during periods of dry climate in the late Devonian and middle Triassic

(2011) Cécile Gueidan et al.   Fungal Biology

Resistance to UV-B induced DNA damage in extreme-tolerant cryptoendolithic Antarctic fungi: detection by PCR assays

(2011) Laura Selbmann et al.   Fungal Biology

Survival Potential and Photosynthetic Activity of Lichens Under Mars-Like Conditions: A Laboratory Study

(2010) Jean-Pierre de Vera et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Microbial colonization of Ca-sulfate crusts in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert: implications for the search for life on Mars

(2010) J. WIERZCHOS et al.   Geobiology

Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions – Results of the Lithopanspermia experiments

(2010) Rosa de la Torre et al.   ICARUS

Cellular responses of microcolonial rock fungi to long-term desiccation and subsequent rehydration

(2010) A.A. Gorbushina et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Martian conditions

(2010) S. Onofri et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

Drought meets acid: three new genera in a dothidealean clade of extremotolerant fungi

(2010) L. Selbmann et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

Phylogeny of rock-inhabiting fungi related to Dothideomycetes

(2010) C. Ruibal et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

Endolithic Microbial Colonization of Limestone in a High-altitude Arid Environment

(2009) Fiona K. Y. Wong et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

A Phylogenetic Estimation of Trophic Transition Networks for Ascomycetous Fungi: Are Lichens Cradles of Symbiotrophic Fungal Diversification?

(2009) A. Elizabeth Arnold et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Lichens, new and promising material from experiments in astrobiology

(2009) Leopoldo G. Sancho et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Microbial Rock Inhabitants Survive Hypervelocity Impacts on Mars-Like Host Planets: First Phase of Lithopanspermia Experimentally Tested

(2008) Gerda Horneck et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Ionizing radiation: how fungi cope, adapt, and exploit with the help of melanin

(2008) Ekaterina Dadachova et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Endolithic Microbial Communities in Polar Desert Habitats

(2008) Christopher R. Omelon   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

Chromoblastomycosis caused by a meristematic mutant ofFonsecaea monophora

(2008) Liyan Xi et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Diversity of Soil Yeasts Isolated from South Victoria Land, Antarctica

(2008) L. Connell et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Antarctic soils and soil formation in a changing environment: A review

(2007) F.C. Ugolini et al.   GEODERMA